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provement Fund for the erection of the necessary iron fences and 
macadamizing what will provide a series of 24 open-air enclos- 
ures, well shaded by trees. The average total depth of these en- 
closures will be about 100 feet, with an extreme width of 50 feet, 
gradually narrowing as they approach the building. Already a 
large amount of stone has been accumulated on the ground for 
the macadamizing of these yards, and a contract for the iron 
work will be let immediately. 
West Farms Road.—In view of the numerous complaints that 
were made by the residents of the territory lying east of the Zoo- 
logical Park it was found necessary to improve the condition of 
the road known as the West Farms Road, which leads eastward 
through the southeast corner of the Zoological Park grounds. 
Hitherto the road referred to had consisted of a track over a 
high ledge of rock, ending in a swampy situation near the Park 
boundary. Through the initiative of Park Commissioner Eustis, 
and under the direction of Mr. Martin Schenck, Chief Engineer 
of the Park Department, a contract for the improvement of this 
road was let to the John P. Devlin Company, in the sum of 
$5,495.00. This contract provided for the blasting out of a proper 
roadway through the obstructing ledge of rock, and the con- 
struction of a proper road and sidewalk of Telford macadam. 
The walk bordering the road on the north side was planned to 
connect properly with the Riverside Walk, and furnish a good 
footway for pedestrians down to the bridge across Bronx River. 
This work is now nearly complete. 
A special footway attached to the iron frame-work of the 
Bronx River bridge should now be constructed for the further 
accommodation of visitors to the Park and residents eastward 
thereof who traverse this route to West Farms. It is hoped by 
the Park Department that it will be possible to induce the De- 
partment of Highways to construct the footway that is impera- 
tively needed to enable pedestrians to cross the bridge without 
the danger of being run down by vehicles on the roadway. 
WORK DURING THE COMING YEAR. 
It is believed that the year 1903 probably will witness the 
greatest amount of progress of any year since the opening of 
the Park in 1899. As already stated, the Antelope House will 
be completed in the spring and immediately filled with animals 
specially purchased for it. A contract for the Large Bird House 
(for perching birds), to be erected on the northwestern corner 
of Baird Court, will be awarded and actual work begun probably 
